Infomaker Creation Universe

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1 Infomaker Creation Universe IM Creation Universe Public White Paper, November 2017, Peter Månsson/CTO. Content Focus Infomaker Creation Universe includes several powerful toolsets that are described below. The tools are focused on creating content, e.g. an article and to distribute the content for publication as soon as the content is ready to be published. We also focus on the development process, which means several of our solutions are open for you and your developers to enhance. Examples are creating your own content plugins such as embed functionality or your own content styling. Our developer portal helps your developers get up and running in no time. The content can be published in channels like Web, Mobile Apps, Newsletters, epaper or Printed paper. Every channel owns its publication process. Read more about Infomaker s solutions for digital presentation in a separate white paper. 1 (5)

Digital readers demands digital content In association with European media houses we have developed the Digital Writer, the tool to create and edit content.

2 Digital readers demands digital content In association with European media houses we have developed the Digital Writer, the tool to create and edit content. Create your stories, amplify with social media, and enrich with images, video and other digital content. With the same simplicity you are used to from social media apps. The creation tool is focused on the three most important tasks for the journalists: Creating the content Adding metadata Inline enrichments like images, videos and related content The UX is clean and modern, and you will be able to use it without the need for extensive training. The Digital Writer is in full production at several large media houses. Plan and publish There is, of course, the same or greater needs for powerful planning tools to plan content and assignments. You need to get an overview of planning, events, content and publishing workﬂow. The Newspilot editorial system provides powerful and proven solutions for managing planning. Corresponding solutions for planning the digital publishing process in a modern way have, until now, been absent. We started the development of a publishing planning tool, Newsday Planner, together with the Swedish media house HD-Sydsvenskan. Newsday Planner is a tool that puts content in time slots, which are published by algorithms, AI or an editor. Newsday Planner is an app that runs in the Infomaker Dashboard. 2 (5)

3 Newsday Planner focus on publishing digital content. Similar function as the Newspilot Whiteboard for print, but adopted for digital content. News Lists and Packages is an app for Infomaker Dashboard that presents a new way of packaging content into digital issues or editions. An example could be the Morning edition, the Evening Edition, a Special edition like the Election or the daily Newsletter. Create lists and packages for presentation on the web, in your mobile app or any other digital channel. We provide Infomaker Dashboard, Newsday Planner, List and Packages and other modules as Cloud services, of course with your setup and support for your Dashboard apps. Next step: calendar, resources, assignments- and job-planning The need for digital resource and assignment planning is taken care of by our upcoming solution Newsroom Planner. The solution will be developed in cooperation with several media houses. Newsroom Planner manages the process from the calendar event press conference on friday with the resulting job planning we will write a story on the press conference and assignments Bob is the reporter and Wilma is responsible for photo and video. You are also able to publish the planning Don t miss our presence with live video at the press conference before the actual content is available. Completeness The digital content creation and planning tools constitute a strong digital universe, combined with effective solutions for planning and production for print and digital content. The Dashboard and Start page is the user interface that the reporter and editor meet when they work and where content and tools are visualized in a uniform way. Newsroom Planner is the tool to address events, calendar, resources and assignments. Newsday Planner is the tool to control publishing online on frontends as web and mobile apps. News Lists and Packages is the tool for simple creation of digital issues. 3 (5)

Digital Writer is the tool to create content. To create with focus on: content, metadata and enrichment. Writer is a intuitive, simple and straightforward tool, that our users love.

4 Digital Writer is the tool to create content. To create with focus on: content, metadata and enrichment. Writer is a intuitive, simple and straightforward tool, that our users love. To work with our Writer is efficient, fun, and the technology does not constitute any annoying obstacles. With Writer any double processing and stress is eliminated, in combination with users that are comfortable in their environment. Open Content and Live Content Cloud is our backend for digital publishing. The content is stored in one place. That can be published online without export, copy or import between different systems. Updated in real time at the reporter s och editor s desk. And updated in real time at the reader s browser and apps. Newspilot is the efficient tool to plan and produce print products, but also production and publishing of digital content. Many Infomaker customers continue to work with Newspilot as their main tool. With or without Digital Writer and Dashboard. If the creation tools are combined with our solutions for presentation you will get a very complete universe. From calendar, planning and creation to storage, distribution, notification and presentation. Online, in apps and in print. The ongoing digital transformation has a strong effect on Media The world is going through a digital revolution, where media businesses are the branch of businesses, that so far have been most strongly affected by the digital revolution. Infomaker have been part of the digital revolution from start. We have built a wide experience of such work and can help you and your media house. We know that the digital journey is extensive and complex, especially concerning media houses with long print traditions. We help you to connect the parts and solutions you already have - like Newspilot and other editorial systems - with new possibilities like the Digital Writer och Infomaker Dashboard. If you already are a Newspilot user, there is support for an out-of-the-box straightforward exchange between print and digital content. 4 (5)

5 Newspilot moves forward In a digital world that co-exists with print products, Newspilot is the efficient system for planning and producing print products. We develop Newspilot continuously with bug fixes, enhancements and new functions. At the moment we are focusing on: Integration of the Digital Writer with the goal of seamless content and meta data flow between Digital Writer and Newspilot. You can use a print article in digital, or use a digital article in print. Getting Newspilot s job, articles, wires, images and previews available in Dashboard. To make that possible great efforts have been put on security and permissions, so that permissions to read/write and execute always is checked on the Newspilot server side. Enhancing the integration with InDesign CC, in Desktop and on Server. And to work on the UX experience in the integration between Newspilot and desktop InDesign. Newspilot will have two separate clients: The existing Newspilot desktop client: To be used for page planning, page editing, Desks and Admin. Or by print-focused reporters. A new Newspilot App in Dashboard with focus on Reporters. With to-do lists and Digital Writer to create articles and to be able to see jobs, articles, wire news, images and pages. Previews of simulated/virtual print version in Digital Writer, to make it possible for the Reporter to see the how the article will look in print, before its print version is started or created. 5 (5)

Dashboard: Overview, search and plan content and resources

Dashboard: Overview, search and plan content and resources The Infomaker Dashboard gives you a common tool for planning, content creation and publishing workflows. The Dashboard gives you access to a number